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1 Samuel 16:14 says “But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and a distressing spirit from the Lord troubled him.” v 23 also speaks of this distressing spirit and says, again, that it was “from the Lord”. Several times in 1 Samuel we see that this spirit was distressing and also “from the Lord”.

It makes me wonder more about depression. Obviously Saul had issues that led to his falling out of the Lord’s favor. It’s interesting to me, however, to think about depression coming to someone specifically from the Lord.

How can we understand why the Lord would purposefully make someone depressed?

Depression is a horrible way of living. I can only say this because I recognize that in recent years, there have been times in my own life where depression was obviously present.

“We can only use those 14 years and up.”

This is what we were told when we showed up at the local church where tornado clean up efforts were being coordinated.

I understand why they made that rule…….sort of.

Yes, I know there are dangers of glass, nails, debris and other safety issues that kids aren’t necessarily ready to face, however, we decided to head out to the field on our own and 5 hours later, this is what we learned.

8 and 10 year olds know how to…

pray,

pick up trash,

pick up someone’s garage door,

pick up insulation,

work hard,

and care.

They may not be fourteen yet, but they now understand more about the force of an EF3 tornado.

They see why it’s a big deal to stay informed and have a safety plan during bad weather. They now know better why we don’t stay in cars during a tornado.
They understand how trash and debris can affect our waters and wildlife.

They can especially appreciate God’s protection knowing there were no fatalities and very few injuries.

Hopefully the next time we hear sirens and enter our “safe room”, they will remember that God is bigger than any bad thing that could possibly come our way.

They have a better understanding of how people can help one another…

by passing out bottled water,

receiving free food from community businesses,

and the discovery, saving, and return of somebody’s cherished friends.

No, they aren’t yet fourteen. They aren’t adults. They are eight and ten, and they were very valuable volunteers today. They worked just as hard as any of the 500+ volunteers on site today and I believe they will teach their future children how important it is to help when help is needed.

“8 and 10 going on 14, going on 41, going on 81“, as I see it. One generation teaching another generation to care about people. Learning to be kind, compassionate, and caring toward one another.

This is Christian Homeschooling 101, and we don’t even care that we didn’t get our book work done today!

With all the talk about Harold Camping’s predictions, I wonder how we all spent our day today? We knew before the predicted time that “no man knows the time or the day”, and we know now that it did not happen, but how did we spend our day today?

I have to say this false teaching did cause me to wonder…”What if the Lord really did come back today?” “Am I truly ready?” “Does the Lord seriously, without a doubt, consider me one of His own?”

False teaching aside, days like this do cause the soul to stir. One day when we least expect it, we will all “meet our Maker”.